diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 7ef7349e..c7a31406 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -94,8 +94,31 @@ remote_apis_go_deps()
 # Needed for the googleapis protos.
 http_archive(
     name = "googleapis",
-    build_file = "BUILD.googleapis",
-    sha256 = "7b6ea252f0b8fb5cd722f45feb83e115b689909bbb6a393a873b6cbad4ceae1d",
-    strip_prefix = "googleapis-143084a2624b6591ee1f9d23e7f5241856642f4d",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/archive/143084a2624b6591ee1f9d23e7f5241856642f4d.zip"],
+    sha256 = "9d1a930e767c93c825398b8f8692eca3fe353b9aaadedfbcf1fca2282c85df88",
+    strip_prefix = "googleapis-64926d52febbf298cb82a8f472ade4a3969ba922",
+    urls = [
+        "https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/archive/64926d52febbf298cb82a8f472ade4a3969ba922.zip",
+    ],
+)
+
+load("@googleapis//:repository_rules.bzl", "switched_rules_by_language")
+
+switched_rules_by_language(
+    name = "com_google_googleapis_imports",
+    cc = True,
+    java = True,
+    go = True,
+)
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_gapic",
+    sha256 = "913d88485702c6605ff481678a63cfd710877252a74ff9181bf0452515039625",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_gapic-0.28.1",
+    urls = [
+        "https://github.com/googleapis/rules_gapic/archive/v0.28.1.tar.gz",
+    ],
 )
+
+load("@rules_gapic//:repositories.bzl", "rules_gapic_repositories")
+
+rules_gapic_repositories()
diff --git a/build/bazel/remote/asset/v1/BUILD b/build/bazel/remote/asset/v1/BUILD
index a09bea40..f360b4fe 100644
--- a/build/bazel/remote/asset/v1/BUILD
+++ b/build/bazel/remote/asset/v1/BUILD
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ proto_library(
         "//build/bazel/remote/execution/v2:remote_execution_proto",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:duration_proto",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:timestamp_proto",
-        "@googleapis//:google_api_annotations_proto",
-        "@googleapis//:google_api_http_proto",
-        "@googleapis//:google_rpc_status_proto",
+        "@googleapis//google/api:annotations_proto",
+        "@googleapis//google/api:http_proto",
+        "@googleapis//google/rpc:status_proto",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/build/bazel/remote/asset/v1/go/BUILD b/build/bazel/remote/asset/v1/go/BUILD
index 076422ce..fd097bf4 100644
--- a/build/bazel/remote/asset/v1/go/BUILD
+++ b/build/bazel/remote/asset/v1/go/BUILD
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ go_proto_library(
     proto = "//build/bazel/remote/asset/v1:remote_asset_proto",
     deps = [
         "//build/bazel/remote/execution/v2:remote_execution_go_proto",
-        "@go_googleapis//google/api:annotations_go_proto",
-        "@go_googleapis//google/rpc:status_go_proto",
+        "@googleapis//google/api:annotations_go_proto",
+        "@googleapis//google/rpc:status_go_proto",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/build/bazel/remote/execution/v2/BUILD b/build/bazel/remote/execution/v2/BUILD
index 01f415be..e8edcf09 100644
--- a/build/bazel/remote/execution/v2/BUILD
+++ b/build/bazel/remote/execution/v2/BUILD
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ proto_library(
         "@com_google_protobuf//:duration_proto",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:timestamp_proto",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:wrappers_proto",
-        "@googleapis//:google_api_annotations_proto",
-        "@googleapis//:google_api_http_proto",
-        "@googleapis//:google_longrunning_operations_proto",
-        "@googleapis//:google_rpc_status_proto",
+        "@googleapis//google/api:annotations_proto",
+        "@googleapis//google/api:http_proto",
+        "@googleapis//google/longrunning:operations_proto",
+        "@googleapis//google/rpc:status_proto",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/external/BUILD.googleapis b/external/BUILD.googleapis
deleted file mode 100644
index 5225788f..00000000
--- a/external/BUILD.googleapis
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
-load("@rules_proto//proto:defs.bzl", "proto_library")
-load("@com_github_grpc_grpc//bazel:cc_grpc_library.bzl", "cc_grpc_library")
-
-licenses(["notice"])
-
-proto_library(
-    name = "google_api_annotations_proto",
-    srcs = ["google/api/annotations.proto"],
-    deps = [
-        ":google_api_http_proto",
-        "@com_google_protobuf//:descriptor_proto",
-    ],
-)
-
-cc_grpc_library(
-    name = "google_api_annotations_cc_proto",
-    srcs = ["google/api/annotations.proto"],
-    deps = [":google_api_http_cc_proto"],
-    proto_only = False,
-    well_known_protos = True,
-    use_external = False,
-)
-
-proto_library(
-    name = "google_api_http_proto",
-    srcs = ["google/api/http.proto"],
-)
-
-cc_grpc_library(
-    name = "google_api_http_cc_proto",
-    srcs = ["google/api/http.proto"],
-    deps = [],
-    proto_only = False,
-    well_known_protos = True,
-    use_external = False,
-)
-
-proto_library(
-    name = "google_longrunning_operations_proto",
-    srcs = ["google/longrunning/operations.proto"],
-    deps = [
-        ":google_api_annotations_proto",
-        ":google_api_http_proto",
-        ":google_rpc_status_proto",
-        "@com_google_protobuf//:any_proto",
-        "@com_google_protobuf//:empty_proto",
-    ],
-)
-
-cc_grpc_library(
-    name = "google_longrunning_operations_cc_proto",
-    srcs = ["google/longrunning/operations.proto"],
-    deps = [
-        ":google_api_annotations_cc_proto",
-        ":google_api_http_cc_proto",
-        ":google_rpc_status_cc_proto",
-    ],
-    proto_only = False,
-    well_known_protos = True,
-    use_external = False,
-)
-
-proto_library(
-    name = "google_rpc_status_proto",
-    srcs = ["google/rpc/status.proto"],
-    deps = ["@com_google_protobuf//:any_proto"],
-)
-
-cc_grpc_library(
-    name = "google_rpc_status_cc_proto",
-    srcs = ["google/rpc/status.proto"],
-    deps = [],
-    proto_only = False,
-    well_known_protos = True,
-    use_external = False,
-)